For the past few weeks I've been attending mindfulness meditation workshops run by my university. What you describe here as ADA is essentially what buddists have been practising for around 5000 years as they strive to be mindful (very aware) every moment of their day. I think this tutorial (as well as Naiya's) is really nice way of explaining the benefits of mindfulness, in this case to promote lucidity in dreams.
Personally I've been trying to be mindful throughout the day for the past couple of weeks and I've definitely noticed a marked improvement on my dream recal. I haven't actually had any DILDs, but last night I had my second WILD and I definitely owe it to my meditation practice.
May I suggest, for anyone who's really serious about practising ADA, to consider doing a short period of sitting meditation each day (maybe start with just 10 minutes). There are plenty of sources on the net to guide you through it and focusing your mind for a fixed period should really help you in maintaining awareness throughout the day. I by no means claim to be an expert or even an experienced meditator, but this is the guidance we've been given in our workshops from instructors well experienced in both mindfulness and the teaching of it.
Cheers KingYoshi for this guide! It's really cemented in my mind that my mindfulness practise will truly help my LD experiences. I also highly recommend mindfulness meditation to everyone because its benefits go far beyond achieving LDs!
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